Support for washtubs and the like.



V. J. VAN HORN. SUPPORT FOR WASHTUBS AND THE LIKE.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

APPLICATION FILED APR.25,1910.

VANDIVER J. VAN HORN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SUPPORT FOR WASHTUBS AND THE LIKE.

Application filed April 25, 1910.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 557,434.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VANDIVER J. VAN HORN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Supports for WVashtubs and the Like, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention pertains to .supports wash tubs and the like.

The invention particularly relates to supports of that type in which a plurality of legs are provided, the legs being adapted to be secured in convenient positions upon the sides of the tub or the like and having means whereby they may be secured to tubs of varying sizes.

It is the object ofmy invention to provide an improved supporting member for wash tubs and the like of a simple character and having a clamping device which may be ad justed to fit tubs of any reasonable dimensions. Three or more of the members may be utilized to support a tub.

One of the forms in which my invention may be embodied is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a wash tub mounted upon my improved supporting members; Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section, showing the supporting member as used in connection with a tub having a thick bottom flange; Fig. 3 is a similar View to l lg. 2 but showing the supporting member used in connection with a tub having a thin bottom flange; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clamping member.

My improved supporting member consists of a leg 10, preferably formed of a steel rod or tube having its uper end formed into a hook 11 adapted to engage over the top edge of the tub which is to be supported. The leg is bent adjacent its center so that its upper portion may lie against the wall of the tub while its lower portion will extend outward to provide, with the other legs, a firm support. Three of the supporting members are shown as being employed to support a tub, but a greater number may be used if desired; or, in case the lower ends of the legs should be forked, a less number might be employed.

Mounted upon each leg is a clamping member 12 which consists of a block having an elongated aperture 13 therein for receivfor ing the leg. Upon its upper face, at one end, the block is provided with an upwardly extending projection 14 so disposed that it will be spaced some distance from the leg when the clamping member is secured upon the latter. A set screw 15 extends through the other end of the block of the clamping member and is adapted to engage against the leg. By loosening the set screw 15, the clamping member may be adjusted to any desired position upon the leg.

Tn securing one of the supporting members to a wash tub having a thick bottom flange, as for instance in the case of a wooden tub, the hook 11 is placed over the upper edge of the tub with the leg lying against the side wall. The set screw 15 is then loosened and the clamping member 12 pushed up until it firmly engages against the lower edge of the llange upon the bottom of the tub, with the projection 1 1 ongaging within the flange. The set screw 15 is then tightened, the effect being that the clamping member 12 is secured upon the leg. the projection 14: being drawn, by the action of the set screw, into firm engagement with the inner wall of the flange (Fig. By this means a very firm connection is established. In galvanized iron and other metallic 'ash tubs the bottom flanges are thin, and, in order to provide for this without unduly elongating the aperture 13, I provide a second clamping projection 16 upon the side of the clamping member opposite to that which carries the projection 14. The projection 16 is so arranged as to be considerably closer to the leg than does the projection 14. \Vhen, therefore, the supporting member is to be used in connection with a metallic tub, or one having a thin bottom flange, the clamping member is taken off the leg and replaced with the projection 16 uppermost. The book 11 is then made to engage over the top edge of the tub and the clamping member secured in place by means of the set screw 15, the projection 16 engaging within the llange of the tub (Fig.

It will be noted that my improved form of supporting leg can be used in connection with tubs varying in depth from the narrowest to the deepest sold upon the market; that the leg may be used in connection with tubs the bottom flanges of which vary in thickness within a wide range; and that the set screws for manipulating the clamping member are so placed as to be readily acces sible. Moreover the supporting members are of so simple a construction that they can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a very small cost.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A supporting member for wash tubs and the like comprising a leg provided at one endwith means for engaging the top edge of a tub, a clamping device sleeved upon said leg and having one side formed with a projection for engaging within the bottom flange of a tub having a thick flange, and having another projection for engaging the bottom flange of a tub having a thin flange, and means for securing the clamping device in position upon the leg.

2. A supporting member for wash tubs and the like comprising a leg provided at one end with means for engaging the top edge of a tub, a clamping device sleeved upon nesses.

VANDIVER J. VAN HORN. lVitnesses CHARLES G. Corn, MABEL REYNOLDS.

I copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

